Ben Davis is 8-2 against Lawrence North since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Ben Davis Giants will host the Lawrence North Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Hopefully Ben Davis focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Ben Davis is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Indiana's top teams: Warren Central, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Ben Davis was ranked 18th). Ben Davis fell just short of Warren Central by a score of 24-21. The Giants gained 149 more yards on the day, but it was the Warriors that made the best use of them.
Most of the squad's points came courtesy of special teams, who contributed 13 in total. All those points came courtesy of Bryan Garcia Diaz: he added 12 points with four field goals, and another on an extra-point kick.
Meanwhile, Lawrence North put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Indianapolis Arsenal Technical 35-0 at home. Considering the Wildcats have won four games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Tanner Aspeslet was his usual excellent self, throwing for 137 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 30 yards and a touchdown.
This is the second loss in a row for Ben Davis and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for Lawrence North, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Everything came up roses for Ben Davis against Lawrence North in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as the team secured a 62-12 victory. In that match, Ben Davis amassed a halftime lead of 55-12, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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